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20.1 Chemistry
Vocabulary Words
Question | Answer |
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electric charge | a property that causes subatomic particles such as protons and electrons to attract or repel each other |
electric force | attraction or repulsion between electricity charged objects |
electric field | the effect an electric charge has on other charges in the space around it |
static electricity | the study of the behavior of electric charges |
law of conservation of charge | law stating that the total electric charge in an isolated system is constant; electric charge is never created or destroyed |
induction | a transfer of charge without contact between materials |